B-Sides and Rarities

Description

Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities

This compilation contains every song Beach House – aka Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand – has made that does not exist on one of their albums. The band explains:

When we announced that we were releasing a B-sides and rarities album, someone on Twitter asked, “B-sides record? Why would Beach House put out a B-sides record? Their A-sides are like B-sides.” This random person has a point. Our goal has never been to make music that is explicitly commercial. Over the years, as we have worked on our 6 LPs, it wasn’t the “best” or most catchy songs that made the records, just the ones that fit together to make a cohesive work. Accordingly, our B-sides are not songs that we didn’t like as much, just ones that didn’t have a place on the records we were making.

The oldest song is “Rain in Numbers” and was recorded in 2005, during the summer when we formed the band. We didn’t have a piano, so we asked our friend if we could use his, which was pretty out of tune. We used the mic that was on the four-track machine to record the piano and vocals. It was originally the secret song on our self-titled debut.

The next couple of songs are from late 2008. We were so excited about “Used to Be” that we quickly recorded it and put it on a 7” for our fall tour with the Baltimore Round Robin. The same session begat our cover of Queen’s “Play the Game” for a charity compilation benefiting AIDS research; we will continue to donate all profits from the song to that charity. As fans of Queen, we thought it would be fun and ridiculous to try to adapt their high-powered pop song into our realm. These songs were recorded at the same studio where we made Devotion.

There are a bunch of songs written and recorded in the 2009-2010 window. “Baby” was written and recorded in October 2009 with our friend Jason Quever. “10 Mile Stereo” was recorded during the Teen Dream session in July 2009. Since we used tape, we often slowed the tape way down to create effects while recording, which led to “10 Mile Stereo (Cough Syrup Remix).”

“White Moon” and “The Arrangement” were both songs that we didn’t believe fit on Teen Dream. “White Moon” originally appeared on our iTunes live session. Since that was recorded and mixed very hastily, we have remixed it to better match our current aesthetics. We have also remixed and included the version of “Norway” we did at that same session. We wrote and recorded “I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun” during a break between tours and released it on the internet for free, unmastered. Well, it’s finally been mastered…

“Wherever You Go” is another song from that era. We always loved this song but thought it sounded too much like our old music. We didn’t finish it until 2011 during the Bloom recording session. It appeared originally as a secret song on Bloom. “Equal Mind” was also recorded during the Bloom session, but we left it off the record after realizing it had the exact same tempo as “Other People.” “Saturn Song” is built on a piano loop we wrote while recording Bloom, and contains sounds recorded in deep space. It originally appeared on a compilation of songs incorporating space sounds that was released in 2014.

Finally, there are two previously unreleased songs from the Depression Cherry/Thank Your Lucky Stars sessions. They are called “Chariot” and “Baseball Diamond.”

Tracklisting

12" Vinyl Album (BELLA647V)

Beach House - Chariot

Beach House - Baby

Beach House - Equal Mind

Beach House - Used To Be

Beach House - White Moon

Beach House - Baseball Diamond

Beach House - Norway

Beach House - Play The Game

Beach House - The Arrangement

Beach House - Saturn Song

Beach House - Rain In Numbers

Beach House - I Do Not Care For Winter Sun

Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

Beach House - Wherever You Go

CD Album (BELLA647CD)

Beach House - Chariot

Beach House - Baby

Beach House - Equal Mind

Beach House - Used To Be

Beach House - White Moon

Beach House - Baseball Diamond

Beach House - Norway

Beach House - Play The Game

Beach House - The Arrangement

Beach House - Saturn Song

Beach House - Rain In Numbers

Beach House - I Do Not Care For Winter Sun

Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

Beach House - Wherever You Go

Cassette Album (BELLA647CAS)

Beach House - Chariot

Beach House - Baby

Beach House - Equal Mind

Beach House - Used To Be

Beach House - White Moon

Beach House - Baseball Diamond

Beach House - Norway

Beach House - Play The Game

Beach House - The Arrangement

Beach House - Saturn Song

Beach House - Rain In Numbers

Beach House - I Do Not Care For Winter Sun

Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

Beach House - Wherever You Go

Download Album (BELLA647DIG)

Beach House - Chariot

Beach House - Baby

Beach House - Equal Mind

Beach House - Used To Be

Beach House - White Moon

Beach House - Baseball Diamond

Beach House - Norway

Beach House - Play The Game

Beach House - The Arrangement

Beach House - Saturn Song

Beach House - Rain In Numbers

Beach House - I Do Not Care For Winter Sun

Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

Beach House - Wherever You Go

Downloads

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Chariot

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Baby

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Equal Mind

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Used To Be

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White Moon

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Baseball Diamond

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Norway

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Play The Game

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The Arrangement

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Saturn Song

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Rain In Numbers

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I Do Not Care For Winter Sun

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10 Mile Stereo

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Wherever You Go

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MP3 format technical details

These mp3 tracks have been encoded with LAME providing you with a very rich listening experience. No DRM or copy protection is built in to the mp3s.

Unfortunately at this time we can't offer all the Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities tracks as individual wavs, as some of these tracks exceed the shops maximum (9mins) download length.

These longer wav tracks are available in the full album download.

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Chariot

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Baby

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Equal Mind

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Used To Be

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White Moon

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Baseball Diamond

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Norway

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Play The Game

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The Arrangement

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Saturn Song

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Rain In Numbers

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I Do Not Care For Winter Sun

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10 Mile Stereo

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Wherever You Go

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Entire WAV Download Album (14 tracks)

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Unfortunately at this time we can't offer all the Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities tracks as individual wavs, as some of these tracks exceed the shops maximum (9mins) download length.